date:May 09, 2022
In the first months of the year, Costa Rica's State Phytosanitary Service (SFE) detected and prevented the entry into the country of 673 kilograms of products coming from Panama (273 kilos of cherry tomatoes, 365 kilos of sweet pepper, and 35 kilos of fresh mushrooms) with a high load of chemical contamination.
Authorities detected the presence of 10 quantifiable pesticides in the tomato shipment. The SFE detected 0.03 mg/kg of chlorpyrifos, when the limit allowed is 0.01 mg/kg, as well as 0.02